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How to Manage Your Birthing Expectations as a Foreigner in China

I’m not the kind of person who ever really pictured what my wedding would look like. But I did always

Ah, kitchen hygiene. It’s one thing to worry about it while traveling. But what about those of us who worry

When I gave birth in China, it was the first grandchild for both my own parents and my mother-in-law. There

When I moved to Mongolia two years ago I was thrilled to get a teaching job at an international school.

You may have heard about the age controversy that often surrounds the female Chinese Olympic Gymnastics team. They are usually

We started thinking about having kids in the summer of 2014. At this point, my husband and I had been

When I divorced my first husband 17 years ago, the last thing I wanted was to let our two-year-old son

In the last month of my pregnancy, the topic of what to do with my placenta after giving birth came

Naming a baby can be an interesting addition to the WWAM experience. Both cultures will have their naming traditions, which

Most of us have heard the phrase “When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do.” And many of us WWAMs